کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4750034 1642463 2016 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Corynocarpus laevigatus: Where art thou? Finding evidence of this elusive tree crop
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات فسیل شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Corynocarpus laevigatus: Where art thou? Finding evidence of this elusive tree crop
چکیده انگلیسی


• Identifying Corynocarpus laevigatus in archaeological contexts
• Descriptive analysis of Corynocarpus laevigatus starch
• Size of Corynocarpus laevigatus drupes as a means to identify wild vs cultivated trees
• Arboriculture an underestimated and difficult to identify in archaeological contexts

The drupe of Corynocarpus laevigatus was an important source of storable starch and carbohydrate for Maori and Moriori. However direct evidence of the drupe in archaeological sites is rare. In this review paper we look at the archaeological visibility of C. laevigatus, presenting data on how and where it might be encountered in archaeological contexts. This includes a discussion of the difficulty in identifying its pollen in sedimentary records and the first published description of modern C. laevigatus starch and of starch in an archaeological context. A case study examining the archaeological visibility of C. laevigatus from Rekohu (Chatham Island) is included, where it is found as remnant stands of trees which were carved by Moriori, as charcoal and carbonised seeds in archaeological contexts and as starch in sediments where the edible drupe had been processed to remove a neurotoxin or stored.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology - Volume 234, November 2016, Pages 198–210
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